2of 10WNBA star Becky Hammon is the first female full-time assistant coach in the NBA. Click through the gallery for 9 things you probably didn't know about her.Photo: Kin Man Hui, Express-News

3of 101. Becky Hammon became the first female full-time, paid assistant coach in the NBA after she was hired by the Spurs on Aug. 5, 2014. Hammon was the first full-time female coach in any North American male professional sports league.Photo: Kin Man Hui / San Antonio Express-News

4of 102. Hammon is a longtime standout player for the San Antonio Stars and was named one of the Top 15 Players in WNBA history in 2011.Photo: Edward A. Ornelas, San Antonio Express-News

5of 103. Coach Gregg Popovich said Hammon's hiring was based on her knowledge, not her gender, after announcing the hire. "Having observed her working with our team this past season, I'm confident her basketball IQ, work eithic and interpersonal skills will be a great benefit to the Spurs," he said.Photo: Robin Jerstad / For the Express-News

6of 104. Hammon, who played in Russia during the offseason, won a bronze medal while playing for the country in the 2012 Olympic Games on Aug. 11, 2012, in London, England. Hammon became a Russian citizen after not being invited to the U.S. Olympic team.Photo: Christian Petersen, Getty Images

8of 106. Born in South Dakota in 1977, Hammon's father was her first basketball mentor. She averaged more than 25 points per game her senior year at Stevens High School and played college ball at Colorado State University.Photo: The Denver Post, Getty Images

9of 107. Hammon was undrafted out of college and was signed by the New York Liberty in 1999.Photo: Otto Greule Jr, Getty Images

10of 108. Hammon announced her plans to retire in 2014 after playing 16 seasons in the WNBA and the last eight with the Stars. She was chosen for the All-Star team seven times and is the Stars' career leader in assists, 3-pointers and points per game.Photo: Edward A. Ornelas / San Antonio Express-News

One of the faces of a just-released Macy's campaign is Becky Hammon, the trailblazing Spurs coach and first female full-time, paid assistant coach in all of North American professional sports.

On Sunday, the chain department store launched "Remarkable You," a commercial promoting its fall 2018 collection and women. The minute-long spot opens with an orchestrated rendition of No Doubt's "Just A Girl" and follows six women, including Hammon, throughout their routines and jobs: a public defender, aerospace engineer, NBA assistant coach, civil engineer, teacher and conductor.

Shots of Hammon show her dressed in Macy's fashions, putting on heels, strutting into a basketball arena surrounded by male coworkers and coaching a team.

She is accompanied in the commercial by Tiffiny Blacknell, Mishaal Ashemimry, Patricia Valoy, Vanessa Beckman and Joann Falletta.

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"Let your outfit be your armor," Macy's described the campaign on YouTube. "Let it empower you to take on any challenge. From launching a rocket into orbit to inspiring young minds, we all have the potential to do remarkable things."

Hammon made history in August 2014 when she was hired by the Silver & Black. Over the summer, she received a promotion with the Spurs that provides her a seat in the front row of coaching staff for the upcoming season. This year she also became the first woman to interview for an NBA head coaching job when the Milwaukee Bucks came calling.

"Being a role model is obviously one of the biggest responsibilities that I have, not only to young girls and women, but it's important that little boys see women being capable in their jobs and exceeding expectations and really actually even getting opportunities," she said.

Style, of course, was also a topic of conversation in the one-on-one video. Hammon says her wardrobe mostly consists of patterns and colors and she will opt for sneakers over stilettos "all day."

She added that "the people" are her favorite part of her coaching position.

Hammon also offered advice.

"At the end of the day, it's most important what you think about yourself and believe about yourself than what anyone says," she said.

Madalyn Mendoza is a digital reporter for MySA.com. Read more of her stories here.| mmendoza@mysa.com | Twitter: @MaddySkye

Madalyn Mendoza is a proud San Antonio native and digital reporter for the San Antonio Express-News and MySA.com.

She earned her Communication Arts degree in May 2014, with the distinction of Magna Cum Laude from the University of the Incarnate Word, where she was named “Best Anchor” of the school’s news station, UIWTV, two separate years.

She has previously worked for KSAT 12 News, Project Spurs and KENS 5, where she covered high school sports in partnership with USA Today.

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